Happy Thanksgiving

For the beauty of the earth

For the beauty of the skies

For the love,

which from our birth

Over and around us lies

 

Lord of all, to thee we raise

This, our hymn of grateful praise.

Happy Thanksgiving

For the joy of human love

Brother, sister



Parent, child

Friends on earth and friends above

For all gentle thoughts and mild



Lord of All, to Thee we raise



This, our hymn of grateful praise

All pictures taken Thanksgiving 2010 at Bobby and Sabina's. Happy Thanksgiving 2009, 2008

I ate a lot

We had Thanksgiving at Bobby and Sabina's. Sabina's turkey was her best yet. Simply scrumptious. All the food was divine, and I kept eating way past everyone else, saying, "Wow, I am really not that full." And then it was pie time and felt like I was going to hurl. I don't think any of the kids stuffed themselves because they were too busy playing with each other. I will never get over how lovely it is that my boys have so many cousins so close to them to love and be friends with (not to mention grandparents five minutes away). When we moved to Charlotte almost five years ago, we never imagined this!

After dinner we all answered some questions about gratefulness and had a little grateful tree to go along with it - leave it up to Sabina to help us all remember and visualize our blessings.

Yes, Oliver is sitting on Liam, who is sitting on Chica (my parents' dog). And yes, my dad is laughing at the scene.

Brother and sister, awwww.

Happy Thanksgiving

For the beauty of each hour

Of the day

And of the night

Hill

And vale,

And tree

and flow'r,

Sun and moon,

and stars of light,

Lord of all,

to thee we raise

This,

Our hymn of grateful praise

Almost a week after

Some pictures from Thanksgiving

This was how Oliver spent most of his day. Don't you love the way he clasps his hands together?

We drew names out of a jar and took turns saying what we were thankful for. Colin said, "Cousins."

Isn't Sabina's dining room cute?

I love this picture. An adorable baby who adores his mommy.

What a handsome kid.

The trampoline does wild things to Evan's hair.

I posted this picture because I liked the teasing look on Gabe's face, and then after I did I noticed that he brought a car with him to dinner. What a cutie.

A Colin look that I adore.

My kids have learned very bad whipped-cream etiquette from their daddy, and I am afraid they ruined Evan and Santi forever.

Happy Thanksgiving

For the beauty of the earth

For the beauty of the skies

For the Love

Which from our birth

Over and around us lies

Lord of All,

to thee we raise

This,

Our hymn of grateful praise

Thanksgiving

We had a lovely Thanksgiving Day with Bobby, Sabina, Evan, and Sanitago.

The food and company were outstanding. The kids got to play for hours, the big boys got to watch football, and Sabina and I got to browse through ads together. Gabe was the kid who lasted the longest at the table. The kid loves to eat.